Katy Caroan - Your Professional Reputation Coach

True Time Savers – Tools For Effective Social Media Management

aimeecva — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:33:37 +0000

As a business leader when it comes to social media you want tools that can get the job done quickly and help you to maintain your presence as one of the “go-to” people for industry news. Because of this it is important that you have the proper tools to help maintain your online [...]

Got my personal brand; Now what?

Katy Caroan — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:08 +0000

How to get everyone talking about YOU!

Ok so you spent all this time and quite possibly money on branding yourself, building your website and making your profiles. You have a good solid foundation set up now comes the hard part. How do you get people talking about you? Searching your name on the top [...]

How Social Media Can Boost Your Career

Katy Caroan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:00:39 +0000

When it comes to social media, there are two ways it can go. It can either hurt or help your career. We all know how easy it is for social media to harm your career. A tweet taken out of context, pictures that never should have been posted online, but how can it help [...]

The importance of time for yourself

Katy Caroan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:00:52 +0000

Sometimes, assumed trivial things may have a huge impact on how we perceive joy and ease in our daily lives. A common theme among many of my clients is the lack of own time beyond the activities conditioned by expectations on us by others.

The modern life is full of hectic schedules and busy days. We often find ourselves playing [...]

3 things that will make your social media day more or less painful

Katy Caroan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:10:23 +0000

I often meet professionals who struggle with social media. Especially leaders, who are assumed to guide employees when it comes to how to get results and avoid the pitfalls. From what I have seen over the last 3 years, it all comes down to 3 key things to keep in mind when [...]

How to keep your calendar from overwhelm

Katy Caroan — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:00:17 +0000

When it comes to life many people are often faced with being pulled in hundreds of different directions: meetings need to be scheduled, tasks need to get done, and that’s just the beginning. When you add in clients, family, and personal time it is easy to see how you can easily fall into overwhelm [...]

The one meeting per week you will always look forward to

Katy Caroan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:00:27 +0000

I had to look it up in the Cambridge Dictionaries Online: The verb to mastermind is defined as “to plan a difficult activity, often a crime, in detail and make certain that it happens successfully”.

Every week, I’m in the wonderful position to spend 1 hour each with 2 different people to mastermind. These [...]

Mastering the art of saying NO

Katy Caroan — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:12:08 +0000

It’s just a two letter word, but it remains one of the most difficult words to express to many of us: NO. Do you have difficulties in using it sometimes when you know it is the right word to use? Are you so considerate to others that you wrap your “NO” into various vague [...]

To meet or not to meet, that’s the question

Katy Caroan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:45:52 +0000

Meetings in real life are vital to learning, co-creation and social exchange. But, do you sometimes feel like you are spending most of your day in meetings? Maybe you have questioned the effectiveness of some of the meetings you are attending?

I certainly spent a huge portion of my day in meetings when I [...]

How change of scenery may trigger true transformation

Katy Caroan — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:00:06 +0000

The decision to detach myself from my business totally during 10 days was not a particularly remarkable one, but the outcome might resonate with more than me:

I was spending time away from my “normal”
environments, meeting people I didn’t see for a long time, spending less time online and [...]